ITR -- Polar Satellite Remote Sensing: Toward Full On-Line Access and Education

ITR——极地卫星遥感：迈向全面的在线访问和教育

• 批准号: 0218749
• 负责人: Dan Lubin
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-15 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0218749&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITR; Polar; Satellite; Remote; Sensing

This project was funded under the Information Technology Research (ITR) program, which enables research and education in multidisciplinary areas, focusing on emerging opportunities at the interfaces between information technology and other disciplines. The program seeks innovative projects in research and education that elucidate, expand and exploit information technology. The Arctic and Antarctic Research Center (AARC) at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been an important source of polar satellite remote sensing data and related services. It receives direct-broadcast telemetry from NSF-supported satellite tracking facilities at McMurdo and Palmer Stations in Antarctica, and from the U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers when these ships are operating at high latitudes. The AARC provides specialized data distribution and instruction to polar researchers and expedition planners, including real time data access, near-real time sea ice mapping for research cruise support, customized data processing in support of research projects, and in-house training in the use of satellite remote sensing data over the polar regions. The AARC, as a "regional" data center providing customized support for polar researchers, has a threefold operating mandate: (1) to provide satellite data in a timely manner at no cost to the user, (2) to provide training that introduces a great many polar researchers from all disciplines in the use of remote sensing data, and (3) to develop low-cost ways to overcome the practical "barriers" to satellite data access. This project will remove two remaining significant barriers to satellite data access: a tape based archive, and a manual system of retrieving requested images. First, a server system that maintains the most recent year of satellite data on-line in three appropriate formats (raw binary telemetry, HDF-EOS, and high resolution JPEG imagery), with full internet access, will be developed. Most AARC users request data from the preceding 12 months, so this is an appropriate subset of the archive with which to begin. The architecture will be scalable to eventually allow on-line access to the entire archive. Second, a comprehensive on-line educational curriculum will be developed that discusses all important aspects and applications of remote sensing to polar research and expeditionary work. The goal is that a researcher should be able to log onto the AARC's web site, learn in great detail about the data, and then select and download the required data in a readily usable format using an easily navigable search facility. This project involves research into high level on-line access to remote sensing data for the geophysical sciences, and can serve as a model for other institutions or collaborative programs that need to make satellite remote sensing data available to a broader research or educational community.

该项目是根据信息技术研究（ITR）计划资助的，该计划能够在多学科领域进行研究和教育，重点关注信息技术与其他学科之间的接口的新兴机会。该计划寻求研究和教育领域的创新项目，以阐明，扩展和利用信息技术。 Scripps海洋学研究所的北极和南极研究中心（AARC）一直是极地卫星遥感数据和相关服务的重要来源。 它从McMurdo的NSF支持的卫星跟踪设施和南极洲的Palmer车站以及美国海岸警卫队破冰船的直接广播遥控器接收到了直接广播。 AARC为极地研究人员和探险计划人员提供了专门的数据分配和指导，包括实时数据访问，近现实的时间冰映射研究巡航支持，自定义数据处理以支持研究项目，以及内部培训，用于使用卫星遥感数据，以在极地地区使用卫星遥感数据。 AARC作为一个“区域”数据中心，为极地研究人员提供自定义的支持，具有三倍的操作任务：（1）不需要及时提供卫星数据，（2）提供培训，以提供培训，以介绍来自所有学科的大量极性研究人员，从而在远程感应数据中使用，以及（3）来访问较低的范围，以制定范围的范围，以访问练习级别的练习。该项目将消除卫星数据访问的两个剩余障碍：基于磁带的档案，以及一个手动检索请求的图像的系统。 首先，将开发出完整的Internet访问权限的三种适当格式（原始二进制遥测，HDF-EOS和高分辨率JPEG图像）的服务器系统，以三种适当的格式（原始的二进制遥测，HDF-EOS和高分辨率JPEG图像）维护卫星数据。 大多数AARC用户都从前12个月请求数据，因此这是档案的适当子集。该体系结构将是可扩展的，最终可以在线访问整个存档。其次，将开发全面的在线教育课程，讨论遥感对极地研究和探险工作的所有重要方面和应用。目的是，研究人员应该能够登录AARC的网站，详细了解数据，然后使用易于导航的搜索设施以易于使用的格式选择并下载所需的数据。该项目涉及研究地球物理科学对遥感数据的高水平访问，并可以作为其他机构或需要使卫星遥感数据提供给更广泛的研究或教育社区的模型。